Comments on: Photo from a heavy flight

By: Jenny (Mama Drama Blogger)

Jenny (Mama Drama Blogger) — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:24:20 +0000

I’m pretty sure that’s the pit of the Sarlacc, sunken within the hot desert sands of Tatooine.

By: Dieter

Dieter — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 13:16:42 +0000

It’s pretty obvious that this has been created by extraterrestials. The telltale is that square backgammon board they brought with them to pass the time in tha Arizona desert. Of course it looks somewhat trickier than the earthly version, but you’d expect that, right?

By: Robert Laird

Robert Laird — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:39:29 +0000

You’re absolutely correct! With your hint — that it might be a copper mine — I went looking on Google Earth and it didn’t take too long to find it. It’s the Case Grande Copper Mine (32 57 17N 111 49 00 W) about 43 miles SSE of Phoenix, Arizona.

By: Oilacct

Oilacct — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:01:50 +0000

Looks like a copper mine with a bunch of water in the bottom. The squares are probably treatment ponds for the liquid used in the leaching process that removes the copper, or other metal, from the ore.